Takeia — girls' name
277 babies named Takeia in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Takeia was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Takeia in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Takeia
The Social Security Administration has registered 277 babies named Takeia between 1976 and 2004, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Takeia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Takeia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Takeia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Takeia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Takeia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 277 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Takeia at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Takeia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1976
- Peak year (1982)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
277 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 17 births in a single year.
Takeia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 128 births that decade — 46% of Takeia's all-time total
Takeia decade highlights
- Peak decade 128 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Takeia's strongest decade
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Takeia by state
Where Takeia concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 277 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.